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matt819

(10,749 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:51 PM Jun 2020

Does Trump even know how much he is hated by more than half the country?

I know, he's a narcissist and so that half of the country doesn't mean anything to him. We aren't real. For that matter, neither is the half that bows down to him.

But does he see the Biden ads? The ad today from VoteVets. The stuff from The Lincoln Project or Meidas Touch?

Does he know the contemptuous nicknames? Which reminds me. Here's another one: The Yellow Peril.

He watches TV, but only Fox. He probably doesn't read because I really believe he's illiterate. But does anyone in his circle bring these to his attention?

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Does Trump even know how much he is hated by more than half the country? (Original Post) matt819 Jun 2020 OP
I believe he not only knows it, he loves it. Pissing people off is his mission in life and he Atticus Jun 2020 #1
He is... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #2
You are spot on. CrispyQ Jun 2020 #7
Exactly shanti Jun 2020 #13
Half the globe probably dispises him. luvallpeeps Jun 2020 #3
No. As someone with NPD he thinks everyone loves him. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #4
I don't care if he knows it or not... Moostache Jun 2020 #5
He knows and he doesn't care: dalton99a Jun 2020 #6
tRump, sees the world as he sees it, and F everyone else. He just does not care, and as RKP5637 Jun 2020 #8
I think the word is obtuse to describe his powers of observation world wide wally Jun 2020 #9
As long as he swallows up every headline and everyone is obsessed with him... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #10
what i think and don't know: barbtries Jun 2020 #11
He only cares if Putin loves him. sellitman Jun 2020 #12
Nobody in his circle can bring it to his attention... SeattleVet Jun 2020 #14
The percentage who love him electric_blue68 Jun 2020 #15
He relishes the fact that we hate him because in his mind lunatica Jun 2020 #16

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
1. I believe he not only knows it, he loves it. Pissing people off is his mission in life and he
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:55 PM
Jun 2020

revels in his ability to shock and outrage.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. He is...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:55 PM
Jun 2020

He is into whipping the masses up in what ever way works and never missing a political upheaval. That's the Hitler/Goebbels routine and he is now entrenching himself in it until the end.

It is a sign of desperation and a rather short Reich.

To me, he really doesn't care what you think of him or call him as long as he is on your mind and has your reactions. This isn't about what people imagine it to be and that's why it even works as well as it does.

Have you had a day without Trump since he was elected, or at least in recent memory? Talking about an insertion, he gets that part.

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)
7. You are spot on.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jun 2020

This: he really doesn't care what you think of him or call him as long as he is on your mind and has your reactions.

That said, I think most adults are sick and tired of the constant me-fest, and want a president who doesn't demand our attention 24x7. In an honest election he will suffer an historic loss in November. Hopefully he is disliked so much we can overcome the right's underhanded tactics.

luvallpeeps

(935 posts)
3. Half the globe probably dispises him.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:56 PM
Jun 2020

He's such an embarrassment. And nobody in his circle brings this to his attention. He'll have a meltdown and need a diaper change.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. No. As someone with NPD he thinks everyone loves him.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jun 2020

And if they yell at him today they love him tomorrow.

He is incapable of thinking he isn't the best, most beloved person on the planet.

His delusion is real and dangerous.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
5. I don't care if he knows it or not...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 03:00 PM
Jun 2020

I just care that it is true and I am aghast that it is not >85% of the population at this point...partisan politics aside, the union has NEVER had a worse president, a more buffonish oaf at the helm, in such a period of global upheaval and domestic social unrest...

The times now are essentially dropping the Civil Rights-era upheaval into the Great Depression and throwing in a cheer-leading media that treats this ALL as "content" instead of "news"...

A perfect storm of greed, stupidity, ignorance and laziness...makes me wish I was on the Andrea Gail in '91....at least they went out fighting...society is going out anesthetized and like Hindu Cows in most areas.

RKP5637

(67,089 posts)
8. tRump, sees the world as he sees it, and F everyone else. He just does not care, and as
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 03:15 PM
Jun 2020

long as his cult shows up he will continue on.

jcgoldie

(11,613 posts)
10. As long as he swallows up every headline and everyone is obsessed with him...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jun 2020

... I don't think he gives a fuck whether its positive or negative... two year olds who are completely self absorbed in that stage of development seek attention even if it means throwing a fit and getting into trouble.

barbtries

(28,774 posts)
11. what i think and don't know:
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 03:29 PM
Jun 2020

some of it gets to him, but his "people" by and large do not tell him the truth. When they share poll results he attacks them. I don't know how they stay, they must have assumed the role of the long-time sufferers of domestic abuse. For some reason they don't think there's a way out of it for them. I don't know. I am convinced that he's a nightmare to hang out with or work for.

electric_blue68

(14,818 posts)
15. The percentage who love him
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jun 2020

Hmm...

I think the percentage is closer to 35%....
Some who maaaaybe didn't have at least serious racist, and sexist attitudes voted for a big change, "drain the swamp" , etc would have been the over 35% - making it the around 45%.

Of those who are rascist, and violence inclined is more around ? 15+%. Not that the others can't be dangerous ie. calling the police on black people just living their lives, denying housing, employment, etc

Hopefully I'm right

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
16. He relishes the fact that we hate him because in his mind
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 05:52 PM
Jun 2020

that makes him a WINNER!!

It means he has power over us.

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